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a strong feeling of being worried or nervous
a film about teenage angst
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Recent Examples of angst
Read more: • Senate bill’s Medicaid cuts draw some GOP angst.
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Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 18 June 2025
White says Baker pushed him to explore his angst on Ghost of the West.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2025
Bankrolling cybersecurity may soothe momentary leadership angst, but often does little to address rising insider threats and basic internal control failures.
—Noah Barsky, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Amid the confusion, angst and anger that still lingers a week later, one important aspect of this incident hasn’t gotten much attention.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025
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Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 18 June 2025
White says Baker pushed him to explore his angst on Ghost of the West.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2025
Bankrolling cybersecurity may soothe momentary leadership angst, but often does little to address rising insider threats and basic internal control failures.
—Noah Barsky, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Amid the confusion, angst and anger that still lingers a week later, one important aspect of this incident hasn’t gotten much attention.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for angst
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And any fear—and hence bigger discounts—caused by overwrought debt worries just makes our opportunity even sweeter.—
Michael Foster,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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The fear, in fact, is that our continual need to standardize will modernize ourselves out of existence.—
Sara Novak,
Discover Magazine,
28 June 2025
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Trump's business assets are held by the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, which is controlled by his son, Donald Trump Jr., but government watchdog groups have nonetheless expressed concern about how Trump may be using his position as president to generate personal profits.—
Kelsey Walsh,
ABC News,
1 July 2025
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Environmental concerns about the airport’s impact on the Everglades halted plans to develop the facility further in the late 1970s and early 1980s.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2025
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Your husband’s anxiety just makes her puppet strings easier to pull.—
Virginia Chamlee,
People.com,
5 July 2025
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But Democratic pollster John Zogby said many of the wins came at the sacrifice of some and that anxiety in America is higher than ever.—
Paul Bedard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 July 2025
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Their visits to the ophthalmologist are now every six months, but Maggie admits the worry never quite fades.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
7 July 2025
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Meanwhile, there was hand-wringing in the NASCAR garage over headlines about high crime and worries about whether the Cup Series cars would be able to have a good show on such a narrow course.—
Jeff Gluck,
New York Times,
6 July 2025
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But tensions in their relationship began to show whenMusk, the world’s richest person, began blasting Trump’s signature spending bill last month, taking issue with its provision to raise the debt ceiling.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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As well as the anthems, Oasis became as famous for the tension between the brothers.—
Simon Perry,
People.com,
4 July 2025
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District loses appeal, must pay $1 million for El Segundo middle schooler’s year of torment.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2025
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Aside from Howard Hughes, Enzo Ferrari was Mann’s white whale: a fastidious man who was excellent at his job and attempted to bury—yet was consumed by—overwhelming emotional torment.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
20 June 2025
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In addition to vitamin B7 (biotin), the supplements include marine collagen peptides to help strengthen and hydrate, adaptogenic ashwagandha to calm stress hormones’ effects on hair growth, and saw palmetto, which combats thinning by reducing the hair-thinning hormone DHT.—
Emily Orofino,
Vogue,
29 June 2025
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Industry leaders like JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon have argued current restrictions, instituted to prevent a repeat of the Global Financial Crisis, are overly onerous and prevent banks from providing liquidity during times of market stress.—
Greg McKenna,
Fortune,
29 June 2025
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To date, Operation UNITED has resulted in 33 positive identifications of people whose disappearance had left family members in anguish.—
Michael Kaplan,
CBS News,
16 June 2025
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Even so, the movie’s forceful visual shocks (executed mostly with practical effects) are easier to bear than its restlessly mounting anguish.—
Jeannette Catsoulis,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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“Angst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angst. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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